"Historic Park, and museum at San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park. Local beach culture is in part represented by the California Surf Museum. In a region where Mexican traditional culture and American contemporary culture clash, native artists benefit from the manifested diverse cultural influences. Tijuana's adjacent location to San Diego fuels its intrigue for artists and art curators. A growing number of artists and musicians have begun challenging the sometimes negative stereotype of Tijuana through exhibitions displaying the city as a place of contingency and creativity. San Diego–Tijuana has been considered """"one of the hottest interfaces between first and third"
"San Diego San Diego (; Spanish for ""Saint Didacus""; ) is a city in the U.S. state of California. It is in San Diego County, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, approximately south of Los Angeles and immediately adjacent to the border with Mexico. With an estimated population of 1,419,516 as of July 1, 2017, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the U.S. and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people."
"Swami's, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, and Baja Malibu. San Diego–Tijuana San Diego–Tijuana is an international metropolitan conurbation, straddling the border of the adjacent North American coastal cities of San Diego, California, United States and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The 2012 population of the region was 4,922,723, making it the largest bi-national conurbation shared between the United States and Mexico, the second-largest shared between the US and another country (after Detroit–Windsor), and the fourth largest in the world. In its entirety, the region consists of San Diego County in the United States and the municipalities of Tijuana, Rosarito Beach, and Tecate in Mexico. It"
"San Diego–Tijuana San Diego–Tijuana is an international metropolitan conurbation, straddling the border of the adjacent North American coastal cities of San Diego, California, United States and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The 2012 population of the region was 4,922,723, making it the largest bi-national conurbation shared between the United States and Mexico, the second-largest shared between the US and another country (after Detroit–Windsor), and the fourth largest in the world. In its entirety, the region consists of San Diego County in the United States and the municipalities of Tijuana, Rosarito Beach, and Tecate in Mexico. It is the third most populous"
"of Baja California. San Diego is located at , just north of Tijuana. The city is divided into eight districts by the municipal government of the City of San Diego in accordance with policing and community service areas. The city lies south of North County, and west of East County, while also being north of parts of South Bay. Though the city boundaries grace Tijuana's, Centre City lies approximately north of Tijuana. San Diego has deep canyons separating its mesas, creating small pockets of natural parkland scattered throughout the city. This makes San Diego a hilly city. The Coronado and"
"San Diego Bay San Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port located in San Diego County, California near the U.S.–Mexico border. The bay, which is long and wide, is the third largest of the three large, protected natural bays on California's entire long coastline after San Francisco Bay and Humboldt Bay. The highly urbanized land adjacent to the bay includes the city of San Diego (eighth largest city in the United States) and four other cities: National City, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and Coronado. Considered to be one of the best natural harbors on the west coast of"
"condition. However, the proposed budget fell $84.6 million short of bringing streets up to an acceptable level. Expansion at the port has included a second cruise terminal on Broadway Pier, opened in 2010. Airport projects include expansion of Terminal Two. San Diego has 17 sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: San Diego San Diego (; Spanish for ""Saint Didacus""; ) is a city in the U.S. state of California. It is in San Diego County, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, approximately south of Los Angeles and immediately adjacent to the border with Mexico."
"San Diego, Texas San Diego is a city in Duval and Jim Wells counties, Texas, United States. The population was 4,488 at the 2010 census. It is located primarily in Duval County, of which it is the county seat. San Diego is located at (27.762559, -98.238771). It is west of Alice, west of Corpus Christi, and east of Laredo. According to the United States Census Bureau, San Diego has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,753 people, 1,548 households, and 1,187 families residing in the city. The population density"
"San Diego de la Unión San Diego de la Unión is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the Northwest region of the state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 990.17 square kilometres (3.26% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by San Luis Potosí, to the east by San Luis de la Paz, to the south by Dolores Hidalgo, and to the west by San Felipe. The municipality had 34,088 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. The municipality of San Diego was founded in 1719 under the name of Pueblo de Bizcocho."
"of the United States as of July 1, 2012. San Diego is also part of the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area shared between the United States and Mexico. Greater San Diego ranks as the 38th largest metropolitan area in the Americas. San Diego County has more than of coastline. This forms the most densely populated region of the county, which has a mild Mediterranean to semiarid climate and extensive chaparral vegetation, similar to the rest of the western portion of southern California. Precipitation and temperature extremes increase to the east, with mountains that receive frost and snow"
"San Diego, Carabobo San Diego is a city and civic parish, capital of San Diego Municipality. It is located to the North of Valencia Lake in Carabobo State, Venezuela. It is part of the metropolitan area of Valencia. The city was the centre of an agricultural region. It has grown very rapidly in recent years. Many of the areas previously used for agriculture have been taken over by further urbanizations. Now the service industry has overtaken agriculture as main source of income. The total population of the municipality is around 74,941 inhabitants. The San Diego River, coming from the Northern"
"El Cajon, California El Cajon (; ) is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of Downtown San Diego. The city, located in a valley surrounded by mountains, has acquired the nickname of ""The Big Box."" Its name originated similarly, from the Spanish phrase ""el cajón,"" which means ""the box"" or ""the drawer."" ""El Cajon,"" Spanish for ""the big box,"" was first recorded on September 10, 1821, as an alternative name for ""sitio rancho Santa Mónica"" to describe the ""boxed in"" nature of the valley in which it sat. The name appeared on maps in 1873 and"
"related sciences. Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM) has a research campus in the city. The campus hosts the Institute of Astronomy and the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology. The National Astronomical Observatory (Mexico) is located on the mountains south of the city. The city is home to the largest cluster of bio-medical device companies in Mexico and is a developing center that is drawing a growing number of biotech researchers. Unique to the city is that its biotech cluster is near that of another, larger, cluster in San Diego. The proximity of these two biotech clusters fuels their interaction. The"
"system along the Tijuana River, however so far nothing has come of these plans. There is, however, a light rail connection to Downtown San Diego and beyond starting immediately north of the San Ysidro Port of Entry to the U.S. at the San Ysidro Transit Center where municipal buses also operate. Tijuana has multiple sister cities and twin towns. These relations have been formalized by a variety of organizations as well as municipal governments. Currently twinned with the City of Tijuana are: Tijuana Tijuana ( ; ) is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and on"
"city in the globe; sharing a border of about with its sister city San Diego. More than fifty million people cross the border between these two cities every year. This metropolitan crossing makes the San Ysidro Port of Entry the busiest land-border crossing in the world. It is estimated that the two border crossing stations between the cities proper of San Diego and Tijuana account for 300,000 daily border crossings alone. Tijuana is the 45th largest city in the Americas and is the westernmost city in Mexico. According to the 2015 census, the Tijuana metropolitan area was the fifth-largest in"
"of the elementary and middle schools in the city, while the Grossmont Union High School District operates Helix High School and the Gateway day schools. La Mesa, California La Mesa is a city in Southern California, located east of Downtown San Diego in San Diego County. The population was 57,065 at the 2010 census, up from 54,749 at the 2000 census. Its civic motto is ""the Jewel of the Hills."" La Mesa in Spanish means ""the table"", or alternately ""the plateau"", relating to its geography. La Mesa was part of a larger tract, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and was"
"Tijuana Tijuana ( ; ) is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and on the Baja California Peninsula. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana international transborder agglomeration. As one of the largest and fastest growing cities of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on local economics, education, culture, art, and politics. As the city has become a leading center in the country, so has the surrounding metropolitan area, a major industrial and paramount metropolis in northwestern Mexico. Currently one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Mexico, Tijuana maintains global city status. , the city"
"Downtown San Diego Downtown San Diego is the city center of San Diego, California, the eighth largest city in the United States. In 2010, the Centre City area itself had a population of more than 28,000. Downtown San Diego serves as the cultural and financial center and central business district of San Diego, with more than 4,000 businesses and nine districts. The downtown area is the home of the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Opera as well as multiple theaters and several museums. The San Diego Convention Center and Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, are"
"San Diego Mountain (New Mexico) San Diego Mountain also known as Tonuco Mountain is a summit, 22 miles northwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. Its summit is at an elevation of 4,951 feet or 1,509 meters. San Diego Mountain on the east bank of the Rio Grande, marked the location of the Paraje de San Diego one of the Spanish campsites along the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, in the Jornada del Muerto. The paraje was located just north of the mountain and was the last place to obtain water from the Rio"
"North City, San Diego North City is a neighborhood in San Diego, California bordered by Solana Beach and Rancho Santa Fe to the north, Del Mar Heights to the west, and Carmel Valley to the south. I-5 forms the western boundary. The name is almost never used by local residents as the area is already included in either Rancho Santa Fe or Carmel Valley. The name is almost exclusively used by the San Diego Police Department for zoning. North City is also an approved mixed-use Master Development Plan for North County San Diego in the University District of San Marcos,"
"San Diego Crossing San Diego Crossing, was a major ford on the Rio Grande, in Doña Ana County, New Mexico during the 19th Century. It was named for San Diego Mountain, on the east side of the Rio Grande, located directly west of the crossing. It was 11 miles north from Doña Ana, New Mexico then 7 miles northwest from the Camino Real to the crossing and 17 miles along the west bank from the crossing to their last camp along the river before their junction with Cooke's Wagon Road. In 1849, it was described in the diary of Robert"
"Mexico–United States border following the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. The treaty language ensured that the entirety of the bay would belong to the United States. San Diego Bay San Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port located in San Diego County, California near the U.S.–Mexico border. The bay, which is long and wide, is the third largest of the three large, protected natural bays on California's entire long coastline after San Francisco Bay and Humboldt Bay. The highly urbanized land adjacent to the bay includes the city of San Diego (eighth largest city in the United States) and"
"San Telmo, Baja California San Telmo is a city in Baja California, Mexico. It is a small village situated along the Pacific border of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. It is registered within the Licenciado Gustavo Días Ordaz municipality, which is a part of the massive Ensenada municipality of the State of Baja California. It is also a part of a region in Baja California called Heroes de Chapultepec — northwest of Mexico City, the country's capital city. San Telmo is also known as El Bramadero. There are many surrounding cities that are nearby San Telmo such as San Diego and"
"San Nicolás de los Garza San Nicolás de los Garza, sometimes known only as San Nicolás, is a city and coextensive municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León that is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. It has become primarily a city for residencies and family houses, although it still has several factories that tend to relocate to the periphery of the metropolitan area. It is the third-largest city in the state, behind Monterrey and Guadalupe. It houses the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Autonomous University of Nuevo León), one of the most prestigious public schools in Mexico and"
"is located in Mission Valley East near the I-8/I-15 interchange. At the outlet of Mission Valley lie SeaWorld, Mission Bay, and other San Diego attractions. Mission Valley, San Diego Mission Valley is a wide river valley trending east-west in San Diego, California, through which the San Diego River flows to the Pacific Ocean. For planning purposes the city of San Diego divides it into two neighborhoods: Mission Valley East and Mission Valley West. Mission Valley was the site of the first Spanish settlement in California, established in 1769. Mission Valley currently serves as an important shopping and entertainment center for"
"Chula Vista, California Chula Vista (; ) is the second largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh largest city in Southern California, the fourteenth largest city in the state of California, and the 74th-largest city in the United States. The population was 243,916 as of the 2010 census. Located just from downtown San Diego and from the Mexican border in the South Bay region of the metropolitan area, the city is at the center of one of the richest economic and culturally diverse zones in the United States. Chula Vista is so named because of its scenic"
"to the northern centers of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Mexicali and south to Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. The junction occurs at the meeting of Federal Highway 1 and Federal Highway 3. The main roads of the city include Bahia de La Paz and Lazaro Cardenas, northwest bound, and southeast bound roads. Ensenada has three sister cities as designated by Sister Cities International, including relations formalized between other cities. Ensenada, Baja California Ensenada () is a coastal city in Mexico, the third-largest in Baja California. Lying south of San Diego on the Baja California Peninsula, it is locally"
"de los Garza has five sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc (SCI): San Nicolás de los Garza San Nicolás de los Garza, sometimes known only as San Nicolás, is a city and coextensive municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León that is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. It has become primarily a city for residencies and family houses, although it still has several factories that tend to relocate to the periphery of the metropolitan area. It is the third-largest city in the state, behind Monterrey and Guadalupe. It houses the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León"
"Oceanside and Downtown San Diego. Sorrento Valley, San Diego Sorrento Valley is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It is located about 17 mi (27 km) north of Downtown San Diego and its main airport, Lindbergh Field. It is roughly bounded by Interstate 5 and interstate 805, Camino Santa Fe to the east, the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve to the north and Miramar Road to the south, as shown on the San Diego Police Department's neighborhood map. It encompasses Sorrento Mesa and is part of the San Diego Unified school district. While originally envisioned and zoned for industrial use, Sorrento"
"than 100 entries including ""motorized floats, marching bands and drill units, equestrians, clowns, performing artists, giant helium balloons, specialty vehicles and Santa Claus."" Visitor attractions in El Cajon include the Water Conservation Garden and Butterfly Garden at Cuyamaca College, Sycuan Casino, Summers Past Farms, and the Parkway Plaza Mall. El Cajon, California El Cajon (; ) is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of Downtown San Diego. The city, located in a valley surrounded by mountains, has acquired the nickname of ""The Big Box."" Its name originated similarly, from the Spanish phrase ""el cajón,"" which means"
"a Christian church of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Escondido. Escondido, California Escondido ( ) is a city located in San Diego County's North County region, northeast of Downtown San Diego, California. The city occupies a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills. Incorporated in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. The city had a population of 143,911 in the 2010 census. ""Escondido"" is a Spanish word meaning ""hidden"". One source says the name originally referred to ""agua escondida"" or hidden water; another says it meant ""hidden treasure"". The city is known as ""Eskondiid"""
"The Colegio de San Francisco de Sales was as important as the college of San Ildefonso in Mexico City in the 18th century. Both Ignacio Aldama and Ignacio Allende attended school here. The city San Miguel de Allende is in the state of Guanajuato, and lies 74 miles east of Guanajuato, Guanajuato. It is centrally located within the municipality of San Miguel de Allende, forty miles northwest of Queretaro and 179 miles northwest of Mexico City. The city is located at a nexus of four arroyos: El Atascadero, Las Cachinches, La Cañadita, and El Obraje. The last of these, El"
"La Mesa, California La Mesa is a city in Southern California, located east of Downtown San Diego in San Diego County. The population was 57,065 at the 2010 census, up from 54,749 at the 2000 census. Its civic motto is ""the Jewel of the Hills."" La Mesa in Spanish means ""the table"", or alternately ""the plateau"", relating to its geography. La Mesa was part of a larger tract, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and was used by Spanish Missionaries. La Mesa was founded in 1869 and The City of La Mesa was incorporated on February 16, 1912, under the general"